bird poo qst?

[Daniel-K]

ok i dont know if any one has encounted this before but just thought it would make a funny topic.

has a bird ever poop'd and landed on ayone's mirror? if so what did you do?

[kris h]

What do you DO DO

Im sure it would'nt do any good is'nt there acids in bird DO DO

surely it would damage the mirror if left to dry

kris h

[steve_bham]

ok i dont know if any one has encounted this before but just thought it would make a funny topic.

has a bird ever poop'd and landed on ayone's mirror? if so what did you do?

Shooting the bird would make me feel better!

[Macavity]

Judging by force of a recent impact upon my person...

Check the collimation?

[garyscott]

Just hope to god its not an albatross! that would be like a bomb hitting!

[calibos]

Get the mirror out of the OTA and under the tap as quickly as possible. I've seen what bird S... can do to my cars paintwork. I shudder at the thought of what it would do to the coatings of a mirror!!

[kniclander]

a bird once pooped on my car - I didn't ask her out again

[kris h]

Just hope to god its not an albatross! that would be like a bomb hitting!

BOMBS AWAY

[PortableAstronomer]

I think bird poop was one of the distractions to the radio telescopes in the 60's when they were trying to detect background radiation from the Big Bang, as they could detect their heat.

Funny thread, thanks for starting this.

[Daniel-K]

just thought it mite make a few people chuckle. im just waiting for it to get dark now had a look at venus and saturn took a picture but it was to hot fingers x stay clear for me tonight

[cdd2455]

On my reflectors mirror? no that hasn't happened, but on my daytime Halpha tlelescope - yes.

Just missed the glass of my SM90 and landed on the Tmax tuning ring.

Our fault 'cos we have 4 bird feaders in the garden and lots of little twiters around.

It went into my " no good deed goes unpunished" file.

Now if I leave the daytime telescope unatended for a moment I put the objective and eyepiece covers on.

Best Regards and Clear Skies

Carl

[yeti monster]

I can only imaging the stink from a seagul poop!

[LukeSkywatcher]

Well now here is something no one has mentioned:

Birds rarely fly around at night. They prefer to sleep............unlike astronomers.

At night i am more worried about small furry creatures chewing on my extremities if i stay still for too long.

[yesyes]

Whenever I'm out in the garden with the scope my (totally black) cat is there with me. She'll make sure no bird poos on my equipment...